tyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal
to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen. And these
imperishable traditions, whose bases are among the very roots of all
antiquity, are here reincarnated in line and colour, to the delight of
all who ever knew or now shall know them.

Permission to reprint the Stories in this book, which originally
appeared in Sir G. W. Dasent's "Popular Tales from the Norse," has
been obtained from Messrs. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. THE THREE
PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN is printed by arrangement with Messrs.
David Nutt; and PRINCE LINDWORM is newly translated for this volume.

CONTENTS

PAGE
EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON 9
THE BLUE BELT 29
PRINCE LINDWORM 53
THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER 65
THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE 75
THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND 79
THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND 85
SORIA MORIA CASTLE 97
THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY 117
THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL 131
THE WIDOW'S SON 149
THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF 167
THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN 171
THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL 200
ONE'S OWN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS PRETTIEST 203

ILLUSTRATIONS

EAST OF THE SUN AND
WEST OF THE MOON
Page
"Well, mind and hold tight by my shaggy coat, and
then there's nothing to fear," said the Bear, so
she rode a long, long way 9
"Tell me the way, then," she said, "and I'll search
you out" 16
And then she lay on a little green patch in the
midst of the gloomy thick wood 24
The North Wind goes over the sea 32
And flitted away as far as